The population history of England, 1541-1871 : a reconstruction by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)54
editions published
between
1973
and
2010
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,069 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This is the first paperback edition of a classic work of recent English historiography, first published in 1981. In analysing
the population of a country over several centuries, the authors qualify, confirm or overturn traditional assumptions and marshal
a mass of statistical material into a series of clear, lucid arguments about past patterns of demographic behaviour and their
relationship to economic trends. The Population History of England presents basic demographic statistics - monthly totals
of births, deaths and marriages - and uses them in conjunction with new methods of analysis to determine population size,
gross production rates, expectation of life at birth, age structure and net migration totals. The results make it possible
to construct a new model of the interplay of economic and demographic variables in England before and during the industrial
picture of English population trends between 1541 and 1871 is a remarkable achievement and in a new, short preface, the authors
consider the debate engendered by the book, the impact of which has been felt far beyond the traditional disciplinary confines
of historical demography

Continuity, chance and change : the character of the industrial revolution in England by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)46
editions published
between
1988
and
2000
in
4
languages
and held by
882 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The Industrial Revolution brought into being a distinct world, a world of greater affluence, longevity and mobility, an urban
rather than a rural world. But the great surge of economic growth was balanced against severe constraints on the opportunities
for expansion, revealing an intriguing paradox. This book, published to considerable critical acclaim, explores the paradox
and attempts to provide a distinct model' of the changes that comprised the industrial revolution

English population history from family reconstitution, 1580-1837 by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)17
editions published
between
1997
and
2005
in
English
and held by
404 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
English population history from family reconstitution 1580-1837 represents the culmination of work carried out at the Cambridge
Group for the History of Population and Social Structure over the past quarter-century. This work demonstrates the value of
the technique of family reconstitution as a means of obtaining accurate and detailed information about fertility, mortality,
and nuptiality in the past. Indeed, more is now known about many aspects of English demography in the parish register period
than about the post-1837 period when the Registrar-General collected and published information. Using data from 26 parishes,
the authors show clearly that their results are representative not only of the demographic situation of the parishes from
which the data were drawn, but also of the country as a whole

Energy and the English Industrial Revolution by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)11
editions published
in
2010
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
356 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"The industrial revolution transformed the productive power of societies. It did so by vastly increasing the individual productivity,
thus delivering whole populations from poverty. In this new account by one of the world's acknowledged authorities the central
issue is not simply how the revolution began but still more why it did not quickly end. The answer lay in the use of a new
source of energy. Pre-industrial societies had access only to very limited energy supplies. As long as mechanical energy came
principally from human or animal muscle and heat energy from wood, the maximum attainable level of productivity was bound
to be low. Exploitation of a new source of energy in the form of coal provided an escape route from the constraints of an
organic economy but also brought novel dangers. Since this happened first in England, its experience has a special fascination,
though other countries rapidly followed suit"--

Poverty, progress, and population by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)17
editions published
in
2004
in
English
and held by
355 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Our understanding of what constituted the industrial revolution has changed fundamentally in recent decades. Sir E.A. Wrigley,
the leading historian of industrial England, here sets out to expose the inadequacy of what was once the received wisdom and
to suggest what he believes should stand in its place

The early English censuses by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)7
editions published
in
2011
in
English
and held by
137 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
" ... The six censuses from 1801 to 1851 ... Professor Wrigley has now presented these data in a way that makes it possible
to track back information in a manner compatible with the new reporting units of 1851 to 1801 and forwards using the traditional
units from 1801 to 1851. All of these data are presented in tables that, if of a modest size, can be found in the printed
pages of this volume or, if of a size too unwieldy to print in a conventional fashion, are made available in the accompanying
CD"--Page [v]

The path to sustained growth : England's transition from an organic economy to an industrial revolution by E. A Wrigley(
Book
)8
editions published
in
2016
in
English
and held by
100 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Before the industrial revolution prolonged economic growth was unachievable. All economies were organic, dependent on plant
photosynthesis to provide food, raw materials, and energy. This was true both of heat energy, derived from burning wood, and
mechanical energy provided chiefly by human and animal muscle. The flow of energy from the sun captured by plant photosynthesis
was the basis of all production and consumption. Britain began to escape the old restrictions by making increasing use of
the vast stock of energy contained in coal measures, initially as a source of heat energy but eventually also of mechanical
energy, thus making possible the industrial revolution. In this concise and accessible account of change between the reigns
of Elizabeth I and Victoria, Wrigley describes how during this period Britain moved from the economic periphery of Europe
to becoming briefly the world's leading economy, forging a path rapidly emulated by its competitors"--